Defence industry: how Europe is boosting production

Hélène Masson, Senior Research Fellow at Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique

On April 29th, 2025 5 min reading time

France, the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Spain and Sweden are the main European countries that design, produce and export arms.

CO2: “Nature-based solutions already exist and cost nothing”

Vincent Jassey, CNRS researcher at Centre for Research on Biodiversity and the Environment

On April 29th, 2025 3 min reading time

Nature-based solutions maximise CO2 storage in biomass and soil, among other things, by relying on natural biological processes.

Estelle Peyrard

Innovation: calling on the expertise of people with disabilities as a way to co-create

Estelle Peyrard, Research Associate at Ecole Polytechnique (IP Paris)

On April 29th, 2025 4 min reading time

Drug shortages: 39% of French people at risk in 2024

Clément Dherbécourt, Assistant to the Deputy Director of Syntheses, Economic Studies and Evaluation at DREES

On April 23rd, 2025 5 min reading time

In 2024, 39% of French people said they experienced medicines shortages, and 35% of them said that no alternative treatments were made available.

Ariane 6: a strategic success for Europe, but challenges to come

Lionel Suchet, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of CNES

On April 23rd, 2025 4 min reading time

The successful launch of Ariane 6 in March 2025 marks the return of progress towards greater sovereignty for Europe.

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10 years after the Paris Agreement, who are the G20's “good performers”?

Anna Pérez Català, Head of Research at Institut du Développement Durable et des Relations Internationales

On April 23rd, 2025 4 min reading time

Trump 2: European military dependencies in question

Samuel Faure, Lecturer in Political Science at Sciences Po Saint-Germain-en-Laye

On April 16th, 2025 6 min reading time

A minority of EU Member States have a significant Defence base, while the vast majority do not and depend on non-European partners.

Insomnia: when our brain refuses to let us rest

Pierre-Alexis Geoffroy, Professor of Medicine at Université Paris-Cité

On April 16th, 2025 4 min reading time

According to studies, chronic insomnia affects between 15% and 20% of the French population. How can this be explained?

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Have the digital giants taken control?

Joëlle Toledano, Emeritus Professor of Economics at Université Paris Dauphine, Charles Thibout, Associate Doctor at CESSP and Associate Researcher at IRIS

On April 16th, 2025 6 min reading time

Customs tariffs: “The world is perceived as a combat arena and no longer as a space for cooperation”

Christian Deblock, Professor Emeritus at Université du Québec

On April 9th, 2025 5 min reading time

Since his return to the White House, President Donald Trump has placed tariffs at the heart of international concerns.

Why are cyber attackers targeting supply chains?

Badis Hammi, Associate Professor at Télécom SudParis (IP Paris), Roni Carta , Ethical Hacker and Founder of Lupin & Holmes

On April 9th, 2025 3 min reading time

Attacks on the digital supply chain represent a real threat to IT security.

Jean-Marc Astorg

Can European space industry compete with American domination?

Jean-Marc Astorg, Director of Strategy at CNES

On April 9th, 2025 4 min reading time

Trump chaos and Merz's economic plan: an opportunity for Europe?

Patrick Artus, Economic Advisor to Ossiam and Member of Cercle des Économistes

On April 2nd, 2025 3 min reading time

The United States under Donald Trump presents Europe with major challenges: protectionism, global warming and militarisation.

Semiconductors: can European industry regain ground?

Sébastien Dauvé, Director of CEA-Leti

On April 2nd, 2025 5 min reading time

To counter its dependence on Asia and the United States in the electronic semiconductor market, Europe, which represents just under 10% of world production, has launched the Chips Act.

Bethanie Carney Almroth

Plastics and recycling: a toxic relationship?

Bethanie Carney Almroth, Professor of Environmental Science at University of Gothenburg, Baptiste Monsaingeon, Lecturer at University of Reims Champagne-Ardennes, Florian Pohl, Leader of Emmy Noether Research Group at University of Bayreuth

On April 2nd, 2025 5 min reading time

The impact of the war in Ukraine on wheat production

Ahmad Al Bitar, CNRS Research Engineer at Centre d'Études Spatiales de la Biosphère, Veronika Antonenko, Research Engineer at Centre d'Études Spatiales de la Biosphère

On March 26th, 2025 3 min reading time

In 2022, wheat yields fell by 20% in the Kherson region (which was invaded by the Russian army) compared to previous years, while they remained stable in Poltava.

Omnibus Directive: a setback for the European Green Deal?

Phuc-Vinh Nguyen, Head of the Energy Centre at Institut Jacques Delors , Jacques Le Cacheux, Emeritus Professor of Economics at Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour

On March 26th, 2025 5 min reading time

The European Commission has unveiled a series of measures aimed at simplifying three sections of the European Green Deal under the name of “omnibus directive”.

Pierre Boyer

Nobel Prize in Economics: the delicate balance between technology, institutions and power

Pierre Boyer, Professor of Economics at Ecole Polytechnique (IP Paris) and Member of CREST, Héloïse Cloléry, Post-Doctoral Fellow at Bocconi University in Milan, Matías Núñez, Professor at Ecole Polytechnique (IP Paris) and Permanent Member of CREST

On March 26th, 2025 5 min reading time

How do our bodies tune into the Sun's rhythm?

Claude Gronfier, Researcher in Chronobiology at Inserm's Centre de Recherche en Neurosciences de Lyon

On March 19th, 2025 4 min reading time

A study of RATP employees shows that tram and bus drivers (outdoors) have fewer sleep disorders than metro drivers (indoors).

Satellite images reveal the extent of methane leaks across the world

Marielle Saunois, Lecturer and Researcher at Université Versailles Saint Quentin and Member of Climate and Environmental Sciences Laboratory

On March 19th, 2025 4 min reading time

Satellite data now makes it possible to measure methane leaks independently, without relying on industry estimates.

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Digital innovations for better health

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From cure to prediction: the algorithmic transformation of healthcare

Etienne Minvielle, Director of the Centre de Recherche en Gestion at Ecole Polytechnique (IP Paris)

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Alzheimer's, Parkinson's: “tommorrow, AI will detect disease”

Mounîm A. El Yacoubi, Professor at Télécom SudParis (IP Paris)

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Digital avatars of patients lungs

Cécile Patte, Inria engineer in biomechanics, Jeunes Talents France 2020 prize "For women in science" (L'Oréal-Une...

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How to provide access to patients health data

Emmanuel Didier, Sociologist, CNRS Research Director and member of the Maurice Halbwachs Centre at EHESS

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Why the medical AI revolution could never happen

Joël Perez Torrents, PhD student at I³-CRG* at École Polytechnique (IP Paris)

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How digital technology will personalise healthcare

Etienne Minvielle, Director of the Centre de Recherche en Gestion at Ecole Polytechnique (IP Paris) , Alexis Hernot, Co-founder and CEO of Calmedica

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How we can better predict future epidemics

Etienne Minvielle, Director of the Centre de Recherche en Gestion at Ecole Polytechnique (IP Paris) , Antoine Flahault, PhD in biomathematics

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How quantum technology is changing the world

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Cryptography: how to protect critical systems in the quantum era

Christophe Gaie, Head of the Engineering and Digital Innovation Division at the Prime Minister's Office , Jean Langlois-Berthelot, Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics and Head of Division in the French Army

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Quantum physics explained by a Nobel Prize winner

Alain Aspect, Nobel Prize in Physics 2022, Professor at the Institut d'Optique Graduate School (Université Paris-S...

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How to prepare for the acceleration of quantum technologies

Laurent Sanchez-Palencia, CNRS Research Director in Quantum Physics and Professor at Ecole Polytechnique (IP Paris)

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Quantum physics has already changed the world

Pierre Henriquet, Doctor in Nuclear Physics and Columnist at Polytechnique Insights

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Quantum computing: 15 minutes to understand everything

Loïc Henriet, CTO at Pasqal , Landry Bretheau, Professor at Ecole Polytechnique, Quantum Physicist and Researcher in the Laboratory of Condensed Ma...

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Health, tech, space: quantum technology is already benefiting many sectors

Pierre Henriquet, Doctor in Nuclear Physics and Columnist at Polytechnique Insights

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Quantum, the indispensable ally of modern medicine

Pierre Henriquet, Doctor in Nuclear Physics and Columnist at Polytechnique Insights

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Oil to lithium, the energy transition is shuffling the cards for global politics

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China has a monopoly on rare earth metals

Mathieu Xémard, project leader at Centre Interdisciplinaire d'Études pour la Défense et la Sécurité (IP Paris)

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Saudi Arabia, a future mining power?

Emmanuel Hache, Assistant and Economist-Prospector at IFP Énergies nouvelles and Research Director at IRIS , Candice Roche, Research Fellow in Geopolitics of Metals and Ecological Transition at IFPEN , Vincent d’Herbemont, Civil engineer in the economics and environmental assessment department at IFP énergies nouvelles

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The switch to electric cars increases our dependence on China

María Eugenia Sanin, Lecturer in economics at Université Paris Saclay and coordinator of the Sectoral Policies group at t... , Olivier Perrin, Partner in the energy, resources and industry sector at Deloitte

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Predicted scarcity of metals and rare elements are causing geopolitical tensions

Emmanuel Hache, Assistant and Economist-Prospector at IFP Énergies nouvelles and Research Director at IRIS

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How decisions around energy shape geopolitical power

Anna Creti, Professor at Université Paris-Dauphine-PSL, Director of Climate Economics Chair and Associate Direct...

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Gas: intermediate energy source or energy of the future?

Olivier Massol, Professor at the Centre for Energy Economics and Management at IFP School

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Oil in murky waters: pressure on prices and uncertain demand

Patrice Geoffron, Professor at the University of Paris-Dauphine and Director of Center of Energy and Climate Change Ec...

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“Carbon diplomacy is an issue of power and sovereignty”

Marc-Antoine Eyl-Mazzega, Director of the Energy & Climate Centre at the French Institute of International Relations (Ifri...

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Energy transition: a gold-mine for countries of the “Lithium Triangle”?

María Eugenia Sanin, Lecturer in economics at Université Paris Saclay and coordinator of the Sectoral Policies group at t...

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